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Rimsha Masih sits in helicopter after her release from jail in Rawalpindi on September 8

Pakistan quashes disabled girl’s ‘blasphemy’ case

A Pakistan court has thrown out all charges against a disabled Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that drew international condemnation.

Bin Laden’s family deported from Pakistan

Osama bin Laden’s family is expected to be deported from Pakistan on Wednesday, 11 months after the US raid that killed the al-Qaeda kingpin.

Pakistan demands US troops leave as Bin Laden row grows

Pakistan’s military has demanded the US reduce its troops in the country to a "minimum" as fallout from the killing of Osama bin Laden intensifies.

Food fears for Pakistan flood survivors

Food fears for Pakistan flood survivors

Desperate survivors crushed into relief centres on Wednesday after Pakistan’s worst floods in living memory.

Part of Mumbai plot ‘hatched in Pakistan’

The Mumbai attacks that killed 165 people last November were partly planned in Pakistan, a top-level Islamabad official admitted on Thursday.

New Pakistan PM sworn in by Musharraf

Pakistan’s new prime minister was sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday as two senior United States envoys arrived for talks aimed at shoring up Islamabad’s role in…

Former Pakistan premier barred from election

Pakistani authorities on Monday banned former premier Nawaz Sharif from standing in next month’s general election, further damaging the credibility of a vote that the opposition…

Fresh gunfire during Pakistan mosque siege

Fresh gunfire erupted at a besieged mosque in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday as about 1 000 militant students showed their defiance after 700 others surrendered…

Students killed in battle at radical Pakistan mosque

Pakistani security forces fought fierce gun battles with students at a pro-Taliban mosque in Islamabad on Tuesday after a lengthy stand-off exploded into violence, leaving nine…

Paragliding takes flight in Pakistan as economy booms

For Pakistan’s new class of affluent but bored young people, action sports like paragliding are providing a healthier outlet than fast cars and recreational substances. "It is…

Freezing quake survivors wait for help

Hundreds of thousands of quake survivors in the mountains of northeast Pakistan were on Monday desperately waiting for help after spending a second night in freezing…